The article fails to mention that "militarized" police departments are most common where Chiefs of Police are elected and while they do appear where Chief of Police is non-political they're much less common when the departments as a whole are not subject to "electoral hysteriawhim."

And people here have been agitating to have JUDGES all elected instead of appointed (by the Governor) after Bar Association evaluation and recommendation.

(With our present Governor that might not be a bad idea, but hopefully he's temporary.)

John